New York Central Railroad FM H10-44 Life Like 920-47788

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Life Like Proto 2000. Stock number:8. HO Scale. Brand new, old store stock. Orginal box, etc. New York Central System Railroad. ( Pittsburgh and Lake Erie ) Faibanks Morse H10-44, Powered. Engine number: 9101. DCC plug. 1940s-Era Switchers with 21st Century Detailing * Prototype-Specific Detailing * Magnetic Knuckle Couplers * All-Wheel Drive & Electrical Pickup * Machined Brass Flywheel * Constant & Directional Headlights * RP-25 Wheels * Heavy Die Cast Chassis * Five-Pole Skew-Wound Motor By the early 1930s, Fairbanks-Morse was ready to expand its line of diesel prime movers with a new design aimed at railroads. The new Model 38 as it was known used opposed pistons in place of a traditional cylinder head to form the combustion chamber. Although more mechanically complex, it was very smooth running and quiet when properly adjusted. The original six-cylinder 5 x 6" design could generate 300 horsepower; the Milwaukee Road had a single rail car, and the Baltimore & Ohio had two fitted with these engines. Larger eight-cylinder 8 x 10" models soon followed, producing 1,300 horsepower. This version caught the eye of the US Navy, who ordered several for submarines. In 1938, these same engines were selected by the Southern Railway to power five new lightweight rail cars. But further railroad sales were put on hold as the nation entered read more

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